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Our bodies are built in different ways that take on different shapes and sizes. For women, this can mean having a body shaped like an hourglass or a pear, and others like a rectangle or inverted triangle. For men, it’s the same thing, with some men having bodies built like a trapezoid or inverted rectangle too. Looking at your own body and seeing what shapes it resembles is the first step in seeing what type of clothes are a good fit. This can be done by looking at a mirror and seeing for yourself. This includes those who adjust or change their body through body laser sculpting, different clothes will fit different people. The hourglass body type is often desired for its even top and bottom distribution. But stephen mentions that if you’re not careful to accent the middle correctly you can end up with a stuffy, boxy look. He says that a tailored fit is a good rule of thumb. Clothes should not hide a woman’s figure – they should enhance it. He suggests women with this body type should avoid draping too many layers that cover curves. Deep v-neck fitted shirts or button-down blouses with simple sleeves
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1. What Makes a Fashion Brand Sustainable?
Coming soon the sustainable fashion communication playbook, co-published by unep and un climate change, provides a shared vision, principles and guidance on how to align consumer-facing communication across the global fashion industry with sustainability targets. It shows how fashion communicators – marketers, brand managers, imagemakers, media, influencers and beyond – can help advance towards the paris agreement and sustainable development goals through 1) countering misinformation, 2) reducing messages perpetuating overconsumption, 3) redirecting aspiration to more sustainable lifestyles, and 4) empowering consumers to demand greater action from businesses and policymakers. It recognises the fashion sector as one of global importance, but one struggling to address its wide-reaching impacts , with unsustainable patterns of consumption and production contributing directly and significantly to the triple planetary crisis, as well as the interlinked issue of social injustice. Manufacturing and disposal are only part of the fashion industry’s sustainability problem. After all, brands are responding to consumer demands. So, what do consumers want? do they care about sustainability in fashion? our research identified five personas of fashion consumers with well-defined socio-demographic profiles and behaviors (see figure 1). The personas exist along a spectrum that measures consumers’ concern about sustainability, their willingness to take action, and their
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